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Roman law

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INTRODUCTION TO LAW. UNIT 1
HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF LAW.
ROMAN LAW
-Structure of the Roman society = Roman citizens + foreigners (peregrini)
Two types of roman citizens: Patricians and plebeians.
*Plebeians asked for the law to be written down in order to know it —> Origin of the Twelve Tables.
TWELVE TABLES (449 BCE)
-CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS (529 BCE) —> Justinian Code
*Justinian decided that unifying the law was a way to unify the Empire —> Started this code.
-Digest —> Summary of all the laws.
-Codex —> Imperial constitutions (doesn’t take into account the wrong interpretations of law).
-Institutes —> Textbook for the students (law explained in an easy way in order to be studied).
Novels = New law adopted by the emperor.
-The law just applied to roman citizens = IUS CIVILE.
IUS GENTIUM = The law applied to foreigners —> [Today it would be the International law].
TWO TYPES OF RULES:
1-MORAL RULES: Something can be morally incorrect but might not be punished.
2-LEGAL RULES: There is punishment.
*Factual situation
*Legal consequence
VOCABULARY
-Provisions / Articles
-Rules of evidence — procedure
-On the grounds of… — On the basis of…
-Criminal offence
-Domestic norms — Legal system of the country
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